Snow Bros Classic Collection

This collection is exactly as described, you get the Gameboy, NES and Mega Drive (Genesis) versions of Snow Bros with some basic options: Rewind, a single save state for each game, a single background pattern, a single CRT filter, a de-flicker option, and a few screen sizes. Steam achievement support is always appreciated, too. (But no Remote Play Together? Please enable that, it's free!) The only extra that is fleshed out is the music player which has a nice presentation and feels robust. Everything else is very straightforward and it feels like there was no real love for the series by the creators of this project - which is a terrible thing to write. The games play great however, and even the Gameboy version is still enjoyable - the slower speed makes it a relaxing experience - though you will probably put the most time in the Mega Drive version which is quite a gorgeous single screen platformer with a very charming presentation. The lack of options, and especially the lack of artwork gallery is very disappointing. This is a series with a so many pieces of related art, some great - some not so great - but to not feature any of it is doing the game's legacy a disservice. The re…

I liked it, but I wish I could configure the controls and use the turbo option for the snow throw button. Please, Limited Run, at least add the turbo option to the button, please.

Snow Bros is one of those things I always had a kind of passive awareness of but never really looked into. When I was a kid I saw the "Bros" in the name and since it was on NES I assumed it was a Mario ripoff but the gameplay is actually most similar to [i]Bubble Bobble[/i]. It's a pretty charming single-screen type of game where the goal is to clear all enemies and instead of trapping them in bubbles (which were always super finicky to pop in the NES version of BB) you're trapping them in snowballs that you then shove to finish off the enemy and hopefully steamroll any other enemies on the way. All the versions in this collection seem to be fundamentally the same game and it's the kind of fun simple arcadey action game that I enjoy killing time with and a great fit for Steam Deck. The genesis version is the prettiest for sure, but it seems to take a few more hits to encapulate an enemy in the snowball than on the NES version so so far I'm putting the most playtime into the NES game. While the games themselves are good the presentation here is kind of lacking. I do appreciate that you can turn off the bilinear filter (retro releases that force it on are always dead to me) and the …